comment #1

messiahcomplexio says ...

speaking of independent film and advertising...

INK (an indi made for less than 250K) was the #1 downloaded film on Piratebay for part of this weekend. #4 most downloaded bittorrent of the week. Been downloaded over 150,000 times in the last 72 hours.

http://current.com/120r24c

Is this good news or bad news for the film?

I can see good news in that this is a small film that could use the exposure and bad in that they can use every DVD sale they can get.

Can illegal downloading actually be good for a film? Especially a small film.

This could be a case study.

comment #2

rayciscon says ...

With unemployment up over 10%, you're going to see the small, serious, independent film disappear, and you're going to see a general move towards more escapist fare, i.e. comedies, comic-book adventures (but on a lower budget), etc.

If Cameron's "Avatar" doesn't do incredible business it might be the last 'mega-production' we seen in years...

comment #3

I. Glazer says ...

Thinkfilm has been gone for 2 years....

comment #4

The Hoyk says ...

ThinkFilm is technically gone, but their scraps sorta remain. When Think merged with Capitol, and then made their DVD distribution deal with Image Entertainment, it was hoped they would become a new integrated mini-major. Of course, that failed. THE EDGE OF LOVE with Keira Knightley and Cillian Murphy was supposed to go out via Think, but went out with Capitol's logo instead, and subsequent leftover films from their venture are now going out as Image Entertainment releases, and Image seems to be committed to continuing production. 44 INCH WAIST, with Ray Winstone, is due for a reasonably-budgeted release in January 2010.

comment #5

I. Glazer says ...

ya I hear you - I guess it depends on how you differentiate Think from Capitol. Think was essentially dead after Bergstein blew that deal up. Actually It's 44 Inch Chest but I think your title is more a propos!